All Chapters of Ten Minutes Late for My Mother's Final Moments: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Sierra Perkins had always held herself to strict standards, and she expected the same from her future husband, Bradley Jaeger. When it came to work, she refused to let him slack off, forcing him to stay at the office until well past midnight every day. As for major projects, she never allowed him to let his guard down, ordering him to prepare hundreds of backup plans for every single one.All of this made sense to Bradley. After all, Sierra held such a high position and had to lead by example. But now, with his mother, Kristey Schmidt, fighting for her life, she had refused to give him even ten minutes of leeway.Bradley's thoughts were a complete mess. The moment the ten minutes were up, he hurried to the CEO's office.However, her assistant, David Hall, looked troubled as he said, "Ms. Perkins has already left. Mr. Harvey Goldstein had a cough, and she was worried about him, so she took him to the hospital."All the color instantly drained from Bradley's face. Sierra never left w

Bradley had made five calls in a row, but no one picked up. When he tried a sixth time, the call was automatically cut off. It seemed that Sierra had blocked his number.Bradley's fingertips turned white from gripping the phone.Right at that moment, Harvey also pulled out his phone and called Sierra. The phone had only rung once before Sierra quickly answered, as if she couldn't bear to make him wait even a second longer.Her voice was full of concern as she asked, "Harvey, is something wrong?"Bradley forced down the metallic taste of blood rising in his mouth and demanded sharply, "Sierra Perkins! What gives you the right to put my project and my bonus under Harvey's name?"The moment she heard Bradley's voice, Sierra's tone turned ice-cold. "Bradley, how long are you going to keep making a scene? Harvey is an intern, so he needs projects to build his résumé. Yet, you're fighting with an intern over credit? Don't you feel ashamed of being so petty?"It felt as though a sharp b

In the middle of the night, a bodyguard kicked the bedroom door open. Then, a huge bucket of ice water was dumped all over Bradley. The freezing water jolted him awake, its chill shooting straight to his brain. Through his blurry vision, he saw Harvey sneering at him. "My face still hurts, and you're over here sleeping like a baby? Not a chance, you bastard."Harvey raised his hand and signaled the bodyguards to force Bradley's jaw open. Then, he quickly poured a bowl of murky liquid down Bradley's throat. When they finally let go, Bradley couldn't stop himself from leaning over the side of the bed, gagging and heaving. When he spotted tiny flecks of ash in the liquid he had thrown up, his pupils contracted in horror.He exclaimed, "What the hell did you make me drink?""You seriously can't tell?" Harvey suddenly let out a laugh. "That's the taste of your dear old mom!"A loud ringing suddenly filled Bradley's ears. He whipped around and saw that the urn he had locked away had

After sending the text, Sierra didn't bother waiting for Bradley's reply. She simply set her phone down and went back to work. As far as she was concerned, this was already the biggest compromise she had ever made for Bradley.By the time she picked up her phone again to check her messages, it was already nighttime. To her surprise, her inbox was completely empty. Bradley hadn't even sent her a simple "Okay."Sierra's fingers tightened around her phone, and her expression darkened. She thought Bradley was being far too childish. He was actually using something as important as their wedding to throw a tantrum. Just then, the study door was pushed open a crack, and Harvey asked softly, "Sierra, may I come in?"Sierra's expression softened a little. "Come in."Harvey smiled. "Sierra, I came to turn in a proposal."Sierra took the proposal, but after just one quick look, she started to frown. The document was full of mistakes. Ever since Bradley had become her secretary, she hadn't

The video began with Bradley's deep, steady voice. "Sierra, by the time you see this, I'll already be living a better life without you. This is my gift to you. Did you really think your sweet little Harvey was as pure and innocent as he seemed?"As soon as his words fell, Harvey's twisted smile appeared in the center of the screen. Sierra immediately recognized that the video had been filmed in Bradley's bedroom.It was footage from the surveillance camera in Bradley's room. The camera had been tucked away in a corner where it was hard to spot, so no one would have noticed it unless they looked closely.Sierra stopped dead in her tracks, and her jaw slowly clenched. When she looked over at Harvey, whose face had gone deathly pale, the unease and panic in her heart peaked. What followed was a minute she would never be able to forget for the rest of her life.On the screen was a Harvey she had never seen before, one who was cruel and vicious to the core. Without so much as blinking,